Identifier: richardofjamesto00otis (find matches)
Title: Richard of Jamestown ; a story of the Virginia colony
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Otis, James, 1848-1912
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Publisher: New York, Cincinnati (etc.) American Book Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ile he was thus captive did Captain Smithsee the girl Pocahontas, who had visited him in James-town; but she gave no especial heed to him, save as achild who was minded to be amused, until on the daywhen some of the savages gave him to understand thathe was to be killed for having come into this land oftheirs, and also for having shot to death some of theirtribe. When he was led out of Powhatans tent of skins,with his feet and hands bound, he had no hope ofbeing able to save his own life, for there was no longerany chance for him to struggle against those who hadhim in their power. POCAHONTAS BEGS FOR SMITHS LIFE He was forced down on the earth, with his head upona great rock, while two half-naked savages cameforward with heavy stones bound to wooden handles,with which to beat out his brains, and these weaponswere already raised to strike, when the girl Pocahontasran forward, throwing herself upon my master, as sheasked that Powhatan give him to her. POCAHONTAS BEGS FOR SMITHS LIFE in
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Now, as we afterward came to know, it is the customamong savages, that when one of their women begsfor the life of a prisoner, to grant the prayer, and so itwas done in this case, else we had never seen my masteragain. It is also the custom, when a prisoner has thus beengiven to one who begged for his life, that the captiveshall always be held as slave by her; but Pocahontasdesired only to let him go back to Jamestown. Thenit was she told her father how she had been treatedwhen visiting us, and Powhatan, after keeping CaptainSmith prisoner until he could tell of what he had seenin other countries of the world, set him free. H2 RICHARD OF JAMESTOWN THE EFFECT OF CAPTAIN SMITHS RETURN It was well for us of Jamestown that my masterreturned just when he did, for already had our gentle-men, believing him dead, refused longer to work, andeven neglected the hunting, when game of all kinds wasso plentiful. They had spent the time roaming aroundsearching for gold, until we were once more in ne

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